Verlag: London, Moxon an Co., 1861., 1861
Anbieter: MostlyAcademic, Berrima, NSW, Australien
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition.- Samuel Sharpe (1799-1881) was an English Unitarian banker who, in his leisure hours, made substantial contributions to Egyptology and Biblical translation. His interest in Egyptology followed the works of Thomas Young. He studied the works of Champollion and what had been published by Sir John Gardner Wilkinson, learned Coptic, and formed a hieroglyph vocabulary.